Little Rock Closes Season in Sun Belt Tournament

FOLEY, Ala. – Despite a career-high eight blocks by Nicole Medlin as well as her third consecutive double-digit kill performance, Little Rock's 2021 season came to a close in a 3-1 loss to Troy at the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Thursday evening.
 
Medlin put down a team-leading 10 kills and hit an impressive .421 in the match and helped Little Rock register 14 team blocks but Troy recorded 15 blocks of their own and limited Little Rock to a .049 hitting percentage. Set scores were 19-25, 27-25, 25-9 and 25-23.
 
Troy (17-11) was led by Cheyenne Hayes' 15 kills while Tori Hester added 13 kills. The Alabama Trojans hit .191 as a team.
 
Little Rock served up six aces to Troy's three with three of Little Rock's aces coming off the hand of Laure Jansen.
 
First Team All-Sun Belt Conference selection Laura Jansen recorded seven kills, nine digs and three blocks in the match while Nejra Hanic recorded eight kills.
 
Nedima Kamberovic also posted a career-high with seven blocks. The outing marked the fourth consecutive match that Little Rock (14-15) registered double-digit blocks as a team.
 
Behind the Box Score

• Laure Jansen served up two of her three aces in the first set.
• Little Rock out-blocked Troy in the second set, 5-4.
• Nejra Hanic led the way with four kills in the second frame.
• Troy out-hit Little Rock in the third set, .333 to -.114.
• Little Rock dropped the fourth set by only two points despite being out-hit, .237 to .081, and out-blocked, 6-4.

 
Leaders by the Numbers
Kills: 10, Nicole Medlin
Assists: 31, Alyssa Nayar
Service Aces: 3, Laure Jansen
Digs: 26, Leigh Maher
Blocks: 8, Nicole Medlin
 
Notables

• Little Rock still leads the all-time series over Troy, 13-7.
• Little Rock is 31-24 all-time in the Sun Belt Tournament.
• Little Rock finished the season 1-6 in four-set matches.
• Nicole Medlin's eight blocks marked a career-high.
• The second set marked the 14^th time this season Little Rock went to extra points with the Trojans going 7-7 in those sets.
• Little Rock finished the season playing in 23 sets over its 29 matches that were decided by two points. The Trojans were 8-15 in those sets.

 
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